All Asia articles – Page 57
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FeatureHorizon International appoints Tony Leach as SCM manager
Horizon International Cargo, an independent freight forwarder and logistics provider, has announced the appointment of Tony Leach (left) as manager of supply chain development. Leach will work alongside clients in Horizon’s automotive and component manufacturing sectors. He joined Horizon in December 2012 and has since been delivering new logistics products ...
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FeatureMahindra partners with Sachdeva to increase used car sales in India
The used car division of Indian automotive group Mahindra and Mahindra is expanding its services in New Delhi following a joint venture agreement with local company Sachdeva Motors. Mahindra First Choice Wheels has set up a dealership for the sale of used cars at Motingar with Sachdeva in a response ...
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FeatureFelixstowe expands container handling facility
In a move that could have repercussions for the UK’s automotive suppliers, hauliers, and manufacturers, the port of Felixstowe, the UK’s biggest container port, has received consent to extend its newest container hold facility.Berths 8 and 9 will be expanded by 190 metres to increase the port’s ability to manage ...
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FeatureBosch sees boost for tech and service centres in Middle East
Automotive component supplier Bosch has announced a double-digit sales growth in its operational Middle Eastern countries in 2013. A 14% revenue increase for Robert Bosch Middle East over the course of last year has cemented the aftermarket supplier as a major player in the region. It is also expected to ...
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FeatureKongsberg wins supply contract to Europe and China
Component supplier Kongsberg Automotive has been granted a five-year contract for the supply of brake vacuum assemblies from its Fluid Transfer division to an as-yet unnamed car manufacturer.The contract is said to be worth an estimated €15m ($20.5m).Fluid Transfer assembles automotive pipe and hose components for a range of light ...
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FeatureOutsourcing's thin grey line
The boundary between outsourced supply chain and in-house manufacturing is moving all the time. Where should carmakers draw the line?Once, perhaps, it was easy to see where logistics management and labour stopped and where manufacturing started at assembly plants. Parts were taken from the trucks at the loading dock of ...
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FeatureNissan terminates distribution agreement with Hover in India
Nissan has ended its parts and vehicle supply agreement with Hover Automotive India. Hover will no longer receive Nissan branded automotive parts and vehicles and has lost its exclusive sales and marketing of Nissan cars. The announcement comes as Nissan prepares to launch its Datsun brand in India. Nissan Motor ...
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FeatureWeather hits inbound deliveries on both side of the Pacific
BMW and Kia were forced to cancel shifts at their US plants last week due to adverse winter weather conditions in the Southeast.A storm warning was put in place on Thursday in the region, with snow and ice causing problems for parts deliveries and employees trying to get to work.BMW ...
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FeatureDerways building plant in Chechnya for Chinese CKD assembly
Russian carmaker Derways Automobile Company is planning to build a $500m assembly plant in the Chechen Republic, in the south of the country, that will assemble Chinese vehicles from complete knockdown (CKD) kits. Construction is expected to begin in 2015.According to a recent report by the regional government, the plant ...
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FeatureUniCar appoints Mark Morgan to newly created role
UniCar Group, which provides vehicle damage tracking and claims management services, has announced the appointment of Mark Morgan to the newly created position of director of business development.Reporting to UniCar’s managing director Eric Imiola, Morgan will work within the executive management team and alongside country managers across the various UniCar ...
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FeatureWWL backs up business growth in Spain
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has opened a branch office in Barcelona to support the development of its business in the Iberian region.It will be headed by Ramon Oliete, formerly head of WWL’s agency in Barcelona – Agencia Maritima Espanola Evge – which has been operating there since 1987. The core ...
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FeatureToyota begins Highlander exports from US to global markets
Toyota has begun exporting Highlander SUVs from the US to Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan – the first time the model has been exported from North America to those markets. Previously exports of the Highlander to those markets were supplied from Japan.The vehicles are manufactured at the carmaker’s ...
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FeatureNYK not afraid to go local for logistics
NYK Auto Logistics is that rarest of things: a finished vehicle logistics provider with a strategy scope and asset base that stretches into many different countries, including difficult emerging markets. But can it combine its myriad services effectively? An NYK ro-ro terminal in ShanghaiWith the exception of ro-ro shipping, ...
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FeatureAre Russian import tariffs going back to the USSR?
UPDATE: Since publication, there have been further developments, including the decision by the Ukrainian government to increase excise duties. Read more here.Despite joining the WTO or promoting trade, Russia and its neighbours retain a highly complex set of import tariffs and barriers. But could political tension and economic pressure force ...
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FeatureToyota will end production in Australia
Toyota has announced it will stop building cars in Australia in 2017 and restrict its business to the national sales and distribution of imported models. It will mean the end of Camry, Camry Hybrid and Aurion production at the Altona plant near Melbourne, as well as the manufacturing of four ...
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FeatureWake up and smell the coffee…in Bonn
Carmakers continue to radically re-shape their supply chains across greater Europe to reflect both the shift east of production and the prolonged slump in demand for new cars.In tomorrow’s Europe that is putting faster and more responsive logistics back as a competitive advantage, not just a cheaper way of building ...
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FeatureLocal logistics and engineering partnership at Nissan Europe
Nissan Europe has benefited from closer collaboration between engineers, suppliers and logistics during vehicle development, especially for its Sunderland plant The UK automotive industry has been the darling of Britain’s nascent economic recovery, praised equally by politicians, economists and union leaders. Vehicle sales have bucked the euro-zone crisis; production has ...
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FeatureRenault-Nissan could integrate SCM functions
Plans announced for deeper convergence by the Renault-Nissan Alliance could lead to further integration of supply chain management, in-plant organisation and production control, functions that are currently managed separately at the carmakers, according to details within an Alliance statement and a source at the carmakers.Last week, Renault Nissan said it ...
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FeatureWWL in final bidding for Melbourne port development
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is in the last stages of a bid to lease at the largest vehicle terminal in Australia.The logistics provider is one of two remaining bidders left in the race for the lease of the Webb Dock West automotive terminal at the port of Melbourne. It follows a ...
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FeatureTNT Express reverses sale of Brazil domestic business
TNT Express has decided to end the bidding process for the sale of its domestic operations in Brazil – TNT Mercurio – stating that it was “not possible to realise a transaction on acceptable terms”. It will continue to be managed as a separate business unit within TNT Express.Back in ...